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CLARENCE A. BRADLEY, OF BEATRICE, NEBRASKA.

ANTlSEPTlC-CABINET.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent NO. 624,747, dated May 9, 1899.

Application filed March 3, 1898. Serial No. 672,883. (No model.) v

T0 at whom it may concern:

Beitknown that I, CLARENCE A. BRADLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Beatrice, in the county of Gage and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Antiseptic-Cabinets; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to a convenient and ornamental cabinet for use by barbers, dentists, and physicians for the purpose of thoroughly and reliably disinfecting their implements.

The spread of diseases, many of which are formidable in their nature and eradicated, if at all, with great difficulty, are, as is well known by physicians and others, many times caused by razors, lather-brushes, and cups in the barbers trade and in the professions by surgical implements exposed to the infectious diseases and subsequently, without being properly cleaned and disinfected, used upon others.

The object of my invention is to obviate this danger to society by providing a disinfecting-cabinet conveniently constructed and arranged so as to receive such implements or instruments as I have mentioned and thoroughly and efficiently treat the same so as to disinfect them, destroying all microbes and rendering them fit for subsequent use without danger of transmitting any infectious disease whatever from one subject to another.

Various other objects of less importance will hereinafter appear, and the novel features of the invent-ion will be particularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a transverse sectional view of my invention, the section being taken on the dotted line 1 2 of Fig. 3. Fig. 2 is a similar view taken on the line '7 8 in either Fig. 3 or 4. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view taken on line 5 6 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a similar view on the line 3 40f Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a fragmentary sectional view of a portion of the razor or instrument compartment, illustrating in elevation one of the razor-holders. Fig. 6 is a similar view illustrating the razor-holder in plan. Fig. 7 is a cross-section through a series of said holders. Fig. 8 is a view illustrating in ele- Vati'on the yielding closures employed in front of each razor-holder. Figs. 9, 10, and 12 are details of construction hereinafter referred to. Fig-r 11 is a detail of the heating and radiating drum. Figs. 13 and 14 are details in elevation and section, respectively, of the autiseptic=evaporaton Fig. 15 is a front elevation of the cabinet. Fig. 16 is avertical lougitudinal section of the same.

. Similar letters of reference indicate similar parts throughout the drawings.

In practice 1 preferably form the cabinet shell or casing A of cast-iron or other metal or wood. The cabinet may be given any desired design, and may have removable front or back wal1sA if desired, to give access to the interior.

The structure I will now describe, it will be understood, is located in the outer casing or cabinet and may be spaced therefrom to make The drum communicates with the exterior by an inclosed opening or passage E, which leads to a corresponding door E formed in the front wall of the cabinet A. The bottom of the inner cylinder B may be provided with an opening A, through which any artificial heating means may be providedas, for instance, a lamp, gas, electricity, &c. In the upper end of the inner'cylinder I locate escape vents or holes 0, similar holes being formed in the external cylinder E near its bottom and top and indicated, respectively, as D and I. Cold air entering holes I will, upon being heated, rise and be forced through the openings D subsequent to a commingling with the heated air generated in the internal drum and escaping therefrom through the vents O. Surrounding the heating-drum thus described and located in the four corners of the inner shell are the corner compartments H, the same being formed by means of vertical perforated partitions II. By these compartments there are formed intermediate the same radial. compartments H with which the heating-drum communicates. The several compartments or faucets Z at its four ends, by which Warm Water may be conveniently drawn at any of the four sides of the cabinet. The tank may be supplied with a proper supply of water in any well-known automatic manner or by pouring the same therein through an inlet-opening m, having a perforated lid a, through which the steam generated in the tank may escape. In order that the level of the water in the tank may be accurately maintained, I may locate adjacent thereto an ordinary sighttube or water-gage f Supported above the water-tank F and having its'bottom combining with the roof or top of the tank to form an intermediate heat-radiating space L is located a hot-air sterilizing end by a Vertical partition 01. to produce acompartment M, both compartments having removable panels or walls whereby convenient access may be obtained. The hot-air compartment N has formed at its top a transversely-disposed dome N, which extends to the top of the inner shell and may beprovided at opposite ends with air-vents e. A socket g may be formed in the bottom of the compartment N, andI may seat therein a thermometer o, (seedotted lines, Fig. 3,) which may project throughthe tops of both cases, so as to be eX- posed to view, whereby the degree of heat in the compartments N and M can always be observed. The formation of this dome produces at opposite sides thereof what I term for convenience cool-air compartments 0 O, and the same are accessible through outwardlyopening doors a Ct. Corresponding doors a are located in the Walls of the dome N, and

the doors of each set or side are loosely conopenings may be automatically closed by divided spring-actuated felt-covered clasps cl.

\Vithin the dome N are located in the present instance a series of transversely-disposed razor-holders f, the walls f of which are convexed and otherwise formed to approximate the shape of a razor-blade, but yet not to contact with the edge thereof. Of course the cabinet I have described is primarily intend.-

ed for barbers use, and hence I have employed razor-holders, it being understood that such interior arrangement is subject to such changes as may be found ncessary and will therefore be dictated by the business or profession in connection with which it is to be i used.

. tic-evaporator B.

1 open end with an annular shoulder 0 Located in the hot-air compartment N, immediately under the dome N, is an antisep- (Best illustrated in Figs. 13 and 14.) A simple form of antiseptic-evaporator and one herein employed consists of a metal cylinder 13 provided near its upper Upon this shoulder c a'nd also in the bottom of the receptacle-cylinder I prefer to locate absorb-- ent pads a preferably of asbestos, the same being thoroughly saturatedwith any powerj ful antiseptic liquid. A removable screw-cap d is located on the upper end of the recepta- Zcle, and the same is perforated, as at c, to

emit the fumes of the antiseptic;

It will be observed that the heated air rises and passes around the sides of the watertank, raising the temperature of the body of water to from 180 to 212 Fahrenheit. The

heated air then enters the space L, which communicates with compartments H, heating by radiation the'compartments M and N, thus assisting in the disinfecting process'of such 3 articles as razors and instruments that may occupy the razor-holdersf or other forms of racks or supports located in the dome N. At

the same time the evaporator B will disseminate throughout the chambers M and N the fumes of some powerful germ-icide such', for instance, as formaldehyde, forty-per-cent. solution, and alcohol. In the present instance after the doors a ct are opened the razors are inserted in an open condition, withthe toe of the blade in advance, into the holders 1, the gatescyieldingv thereto, after which the-doors 5 a Ct are closed, the clasps (1 closing about the shanks of therazors, thus preventing the es- 1 cape of the disinfected hot air from the dome N. v

The compartments H and 11 may be utilized for various useful purposes in line with this inventionas, for instance,in the present case one compartment maybe utilized to contain a bowl or receiver containing an antiseptic liquid to be used-as a razor-dip, an-

other to receive a bowl containing hot borated soap and water, a third a tray containing an antiseptic fluid to be used as a dip for hairbrushes and combs, and another a bowl containing borated water for cleansing. and disinfecting the lather-brush, and so on, each compartment being utilized as desired.

From the foregoing it will be apparent that I have attained all of the various objects of myinvention andlproduce a most useful and convenient apparatus for use by barbers, surgeons, and dentists in which. to thoroughly cleanse their tools and instruments and render them absolutely free from all disease germs. To getthe best results, I prefer wiping the razor or instrument after use with a cotton cloth which has been previously sterilized by boiling, dried, and treated with a five-per-cent. solution borated, then plunging openings from which side they are adapted to the same into soapy water heated to a sterilizing-point of 180 Fahrenheit,or even higher, and containing a certain per cent. of soda borate, then dipping it into a solution containing an antisepticas, for instance, to a fluid ounce each a certain per cent. of eucalyptus, menthol, boracic acid, fluid extract wild indigo, formaldehyde, forty per cent. alcohol, and water-and thence into the hot chamber, where it is subjected to the foregoing further antiseptic treatment-to wit, hot air of atemperature of about 150 to 180 Fahrenheit or higher and to the evaporation of formaldehyde, forty-per-cent. solution, and alcohol by slow evaporation, or by generation and evaporation of formaldehyde, as hereinbefore described.

What I claim as new is- 1. In a disinfecting apparatus,the combination with a case, of a hot-air disinfectingchamber located therein and contracted at its top to form a transverse dome, means for heating the same, a cold-air compartment located opposite said dome and above the disinfecting-chamber, and a door between the same and receptacle.

2. In adisinfectingapparatus,the combination with a case, of a disinfecting-chamber located therein and provided with adoor, a compartment located adjacent to the cham-. her and adapted to communicate therewith and provided with a door, and means for actuating the door of the chamber connected to the door of the compartment.

3. In a disinfecting apparatus,the combination with a case, of a disinfecting-chamber provided with a door, a compartment located adjacent thereto and adapted to communicate therewith, and provided with a door, and rods loosely connecting the adjacent sides of the said doors, whereby they may be simultaneously operated.

4. Inadisinfectingapparatus,the combination with a case, of a disinfecting-chamber located therein, adoor for the same having a series of openings, devices for automatically closing each opening, and implement-holders located in the chamber in line with the openings in the door.

5. In a disinfecting apparatus,the combination with a case, of a disinfecting-chamber located therein, a door having a series of openings, and yielding closures for said openings adapted to fitthe shanks of the instruments.

6. In'adisinfectingapparatus,thecombination with a disinfecting-chamber, provided with a series of openings in its wall, of springclosures d, substantially as specified.

7. In a disinfecting apparatus,the combination with a disinfecting-chamber provided with a series of openings in one of its walls, of spring-actuated gates located in rear of said close the same, and a series of yielding closures infront of each of said openings.

8. In a disinfecting apparatus,the combination with a disinfecting-chamber having a door provided with openings, of a compartment provided with a door and adapted to communicate with the receptacle, means for simultaneously operating both doors, and divided closures for the openings of the door of the receptacle.

9. In a disinfecting apparatus,the combination with a disinfecting-chamber having a series of openings in one of its walls, of the razor-holders, f, alining with the openings, and divided spring-actuated clasps located over the openings and adapted to grasp the shanks of the razors. I

10. In a disinfecting apparatus,the combina* tion with a case, of a water-tank F located therein and combining with the wall of the cabinet to form vertical side heat-passages H, means for heating the tank, a superimposed hot-air chamber having a transverse dome formed in its top, the floor of the heating-tank combining with the top of the water-tank to form an intermediate space communicating with the said heat-passages, implement-supports located therein, and doors leading to said dome.

11. In a disinfecting apparatus,the combina tion with a case, of a disinfecting-chamber located therein and provided in its top with a transverse dome of reduced width having entrances at its longitudinal sides and opposite parallel compartments adapted to communicate therewith and produced by the reduced dome, and provided with doors. 7

12. In a disinfecting apparatus,the combination with a case, of an X-shaped water-tank located therein, means for heating the tank, and hot-air passages produced between the same and case, a superimposeddisinfectingchamber spaced from the tank and forming a hot-air space communicating with the hot-air passages, and cold-air chambers located at op- IIO perimposed water-tank, F, hot-air disinfectin g-chambers, N, M,the intermediate wall,N the dome, N, and opposite chambers, O, O. In testimony whereof I afliX my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

CLARENCE A. BRADLEY. itnesses:

NOAH M. RYAN, M. 0. MILLER. 

